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Business Definition for: Trend

  • the movement in a particular direction of the values of a variable in a statistical study over a period of time

Wiktionary Definition for: Trend

  • Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast.
  • #A fad or fashion trend (1)
  • To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
  • To cause to turn; to bend.

Additional Resources

Implants: the next big trend?
Just as smile design before it, implant restorations may be the next boon for labs willing to invest in required technology and education.The one thing you can count on with a trend of any sort is that sooner or later another one will come along and take its place as...
Tags: Center for Democracy and Technology, DLP, patient, restoration, surgeon, survey
Research articles 2007-01-01
Golden Trend Outlines Aggressive Exploration Program During Fourth Quarter of 1995
CALGARY, Alberta--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 4, 1995--GOLDEN TREND (Alberta Stock Exchange: GTP.A) Golden Trend Petroleum Ltd., in conjunction with Sunalta Energy Inc., has entered into a Farmin and Option Agreement in the Sounding area of eastern Alberta.Golden Trend and Sunalta Energy will participate as equal partners in this farmin project, with Golden...
Tags: Alberta, Business Wire, Fax, FINANCE, Investment
Research articles 1995-10-04
Trend Micro set to continue its monopoly
TREND Micro Incorporated Malaysia, the local subsidiary of Trend Micro, a
Tags: Trend Micro Inc.
Research articles 2001-12-16
A Long-Term Market Up-Trend Is Not Yet Complete
Stock Traders Daily, an SEC registered Technical Investment Advisor, suggests that the 2-3 year down trend in the Market has been broken. Although a longer term up-trend has not yet formed, Thomas H. Kee Jr., Chief Investment Strategist with Stock Traders Daily, has shown where the Market must increase...
Tags: FINANCE, Investment, NASD, stock
Research articles 1970-01-01
MOTOR TREND Gets SIRIUS About Satellite Radio
NEW YORK -- MOTOR TREND, the world's #1 automotive authority and part of the PRIMEDIA Consumer Automotive Group, today announced SIRIUS satellite radio will broadcast MOTOR TREND Radio on its Talk Central channel, expanding MOTOR TREND Radio's national listenership. Now in its fourth year, MOTOR TREND Radio is hosted by...
Tags: radio, satellite, satellite radio, Sirius
Research articles 2004-07-15
PRIMEDIA's Motor Trend Expands Internationally; World's Leading Automotive Title to Be Published in Korea
NEW YORK -- PRIMEDIA, Inc. (NYSE: PRM), the country's leading targeted media company, today announced the international expansion of its renowned Motor Trend brand with the launch of Motor Trend Korea. This expansion leverages Motor Trend's influence as a category leader and broadens its exposure within the global automotive marketplace....
Research articles 2005-05-24
Six Sigma? No thanks: despite good intentions, Six Sigma can be a harmful fad. (Probing The Limits).(is a repackaged quality trend)
I will never say that the content of Six Sigma is bad. I cannot say that because the content is built on the fundamental quality concepts that I am passionate about. What I can say, though, is that Six Sigma is another repackaged quality...
Tags: American Society For Quality, Quality
Research articles 2003-04-01
Trend Micro Rolls Out Reseller Partner Program; Trend Enterprise Security Solutions offers major sales and revenue opportunities in fast-growing network security market sector
CUPERTINO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 13, 1997--Trend Micro Incorporated, the leader in server-based virus protection, announced today its new Trend Enterprise Security Solution TESS partner program for value-added resellers.
Tags: enterprise security, network, network security, revenue opportunity, sales, security, Trend Micro Inc.
Research articles 1997-10-13
The Risk in Hedge Fund Strategies: Theory and Evidence from Trend Followers
Hedge fund strategies typically generate option-like returns. Linear-factor models using benchmark asset indices have difficulty explaining them. Following the suggestions in Glosten and Jagannathan (1994), this article shows how to model hedge fund returns by focusing on the popular “trend-following” strategy. We use lookback straddles to model trend-following strategies, and...
Tags: Financial Services, Investment, Asset Management, Hedge Fund, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance, Theory, Asset
White papers 2003-01-01
Trend Micro Files with SEC for Global Public Offering
TOKYO--BUSINESS WIRE--June 22, 1999-- Trend Micro Incorporated ("Trend Micro") announced today the filing of a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a global offering of 3.5 million shares of Trend Micro's common stock offered by a selling shareholder in the form of shares or...
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, SEC, SECURITY, Tokyo, Trend Micro Inc.
Research articles 1999-06-22
Motorola distribution strategy reflects trend - Industry Trend or Event
New York--Motorola Semiconductor's strategy to move many more commercial OEM accounts to the distribution channel (EN, April 22) reflects a trend among many semiconductor and passives makers to place greater reliance on distributors.
Tags: industry, Motorola Inc.
Research articles 1996-05-06
Georgia Trend sold - again - business magazine - Brief Article
The saga of Georgia Trend continues. Millard Grimes, who sold the business magazine for $300,000 in September 1992, repurchased the title in April for an undisclosed--but higher--sum.Grimes says his biggest regret was selling Georgia Trend in the first place, and that reacquiring the monthly publication "became a mission." However, the...
Tags: Atlanta, Entrepreneurship, Georgia, MARKETING, Times Co.
Research articles 1994-06-01
Canary Labs Trend Link 4.0 Data Viewer Offered In FactorySuite Partner Program
IRVINE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 10, 1999--Wonderware Corporation and Canary Labs of Martinsburg, Pa., announced jointly Wednesday that Canary Labs' Trend Link 4.0 software will be marketed by Wonderware as part of its FactorySuiteTM Partners Program. Trend Link 4.0 is a powerful trend viewer client that allows industrial automation users to...
Tags: Business Wire, California, Databases, Middleware, SOFTWARE
Research articles 1999-03-10
Saab story - young people in their twenties who think they reflect the values and standards of all people in their twenties through the writings of journalists in their twenties - Column
I hve a rule of thumb about the New York Times Styles of the Times section: when a trend is reported on there, it means the trend crested weeks ago and is now over. So last weekend when the Styles section noticed the trend of newspaper and magazine articles about...
Tags: MARKETING, Saab, standards
Research articles 1993-03-15
Portfolio Management: Part II—Managing Direction Changes
Portfolios can be “managed” from many different directions. This article explores another method of managing the portfolio, to protect us from market direction changes. The market generally moves in waves or trends, and the selection of strategies reflects the general trend of the market. The article asserts that if one...
Tags: Trend, Article, Investment, Strategy, Finance, Management
White papers 2003-12-30
Despite overall trend, February chip sales drop - the Semiconductor Industry Association's Global Billings Report for Feb 1997 - Industry Trend or Event
San Jose, Calif.--Despite reports of an overall healthy ordering trend during the first quarter, chip sales declined again in February, apparently as a result of lingering margin pressures.
Tags: chip, industry, sales, Semiconductor Industry Association
Research articles 1997-04-07
Toyota Tacoma Selected as 2005 MOTOR TREND Truck of the Year
LOS ANGELES -- MOTOR TREND magazine, the world's number one automotive authority and part of the PRIMEDIA Consumer Automotive Group, today announced the selection of the Toyota Tacoma as the 2005 MOTOR TREND Truck of the Year. Each year, MOTOR TREND evaluates all new eligible pickup trucks and awards the...
Tags: Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 2004-12-15
Chrysler 300 Named 2005 MOTOR TREND Car of the Year
NEW YORK -- MOTOR TREND magazine, the world's number one automotive authority and part of the PRIMEDIA Consumer Automotive Group, today announced the selection of the Chrysler 300 as the 2005 MOTOR TREND Car of the Year. Now in its 56th year, the title of MOTOR TREND Car of the...
Tags: Chrysler LLC
Research articles 2004-11-18
Charts.(Data)
Year-over-year trend of b-to-b online ad dimensions Year-over-year trend of b-to-b use of ad technologies Year-over-year trend of b-to-b advertising segments Year-over-year trend of b-to-b use of ad delivery types Note: Nielsen Online, AdRelevance service uses a proprietary...
Tags: advertisement, B2B, eMarketer, McKinsey & Co., SALES, U.S.
Research articles 2008-03-24
PRIMEDIA's Motor Trend Classic Launches on Newsstands; Magazine Celebrates Cars That Made Their Mark
LOS ANGELES -- PRIMEDIA, Inc. (NYSE: PRM) the country's leading targeted media company, today announced the newsstand launch of Motor Trend Classic, a new magazine aimed at the classic car enthusiast. Leveraging PRIMEDIA's dominance in the enthusiast automotive sector and the editorial expertise of its esteemed Motor Trend title, Motor...
Research articles 2005-08-09